joneh

Hi All, Thanks so much for all the replies, and all the helpful suggestions. I've been experimenting with the two main options, and to my eye at least, in practical application, the results are indistinguishable – and perfectly satisfactory. I think the results may be better than my old tried-and-true Photoshop method, for whatever that may be worth. This will greatly ease my transition to Affinity Photo, and I look forward to learning more about its (very impressive) capabilities. I so appreciate your help! Thanks again.

Hello All, I hope I can bother you folks with a newbie question. I’m coming from one of the older non-subscription versions of Photoshop (not sure of the version; that computer is no longer accessible). I’m a photographer – definitely not a power user – and I had a fairly standard workflow for adjusting image contrast in Photoshop. I’m curious whether I can replicate it in Affinity 2. Assume a jpeg image. My Photoshop steps were as follows: 1. Command-click on the RGB channel (“marching ants” appear) 2. From the Layer menu, select New Layer via Copy 3. On the Layers tab, select either Soft Light (usually) or Hard Light (occasionally) blending mode This almost always gave me a reasonably subtly contrast enhancement – good enough for my purposes. Hoping I can get the same results in Affinity. I appreciate your help! PS I tried to search the forum for this question, but I didn’t come up with anything; if it’s been asked and answered elsewhere, I’d be grateful if someone could point me to the post.